My company is embarking on a large web project. I decided to evaluate web client factory to build the web-site. Here is my story.

I tried to install Web Client service factory and got the message that it requires the Feb 2007 GAT. I had a previous version of the GAT. So, I tried to uninstall the GAT (could not install latest, without uninstalling previous version), so that I could install the latest GAT i.e. July 2007. I could not find the download for the Feb 2007 GAT.

Anyway, I did not realize that I had not shut down VS2005 while uninstalling the GAT. The message said that to some thing to this effect - "Uninstall may not succeed, but it will still go ahead and remove files".

This was the beginning of my nightmare for the past few days. I took the following steps:

1. Shutdown VS 2005

2. Uninstall Guidance Automation Toolkit - unsuccessful.

3. Install the latest July 2007 GAX - unsuccessful.

4. Deleted various registry keys related to GAX and deleted all the Recipeframework dlls I could find.

5. Install the latest July 2007 GAX - succesful.

6a.Install Enterprise Library 3.1 - successful

6b. Install the web client factory - successful

7. Using the web client factory template, tried to create web-site, failed with the message "automation error, could not findCLSID 70BAB4E1-E21D-44D0-95D0-5B6312E494D1

8. Wit's end - try again - create a clean slate.

9. Uninstall web service factory - unsuccessful

10. Uninstall web client factory - successful.

11. Uninstall Enterprise library 3.1 - unsuccessful.

12. Uninstall GAX - unsuccesful. message - first uninstall ASMXGuidancePackage, Data...Package.....

Help, Help, Help..................

Thanks